LIke I mentioned earlier, we've banked both my kids' cord blood with gifts from my grandparents. They have 4 great-grandkids now and have done this for all of them! I think you would have to plan on banking all of your children's cord blood, so there would be no unfairness. The first baby always gets all the good stuff, but not banking second and subsequent children's blood is mean.Originally Posted by pinkdaisy226
Okay I just realized (yes I'm a bit slow, I know) that what happens if you have more than one child? I mean, say you decide preserving the cord blood is a good idea. Great. Then you decide to have another child... would you do the same thing? I mean, if doing it for one child is expensive, imagine two! And there's the fact that the cord blood could be used for the sibling, could being the operative word as it wouldn't be a perfect match. Plus, can you imagine telling your 2nd child why you saved the cord blood from the first born and not the next one? Eek.